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People will only make friends with people who have a promising future.

Bai Gui has a deep understanding of this.

He was a poor boy, and when he first started in school, there were very few people who made friends with him. But as his talent for reading became apparent, his status gradually became higher and higher, and he was good at handling interpersonal relationships, so more and more people took the initiative to make friends with him.

When it was his turn, he did the same.

After reaching a certain status, people will not deliberately make friends with people who are much lower than their status. It sounds inhumane and cruel. But that's the truth.

If you are poor in a busy city, no one will ask you, but if you are rich in the mountains, you will have distant relatives.

So he believes that it is normal to curry favor with the powerful before making friends.

The important thing is that after making friends, there is affection. If a friend is in trouble, you are not cold and indifferent when dealing with things, and are willing to help him, then he is considered a close friend.

This is crucial!

"My husband is right."

"Wu Huaixian's flattery has nothing to do with us. Now... let's see how he handles the relationship between Miss Chen and his mistress. If... he divorces his wife and supports that Zhangtai man..."

Bai Xiuzhu agreed with Bai Gui's words at first, then her expression turned cold and she said so.

"That makes sense."

"If the wife has done nothing wrong, divorce her... then Wu Huaixian must not stay with him for long."

Bai Gui nodded and said seriously.

Although Wu Huaixian's divorce or not has something to do with himself, outsiders have no room to intervene. But on the moral level, if the wife has done nothing wrong, divorce her, this is a flaw in his own morality.

If Wu Huaixian is unwilling to treat his bedmate well, what kind of brotherhood can he have with his classmate?

Sure enough, not long after the banquet ended.

A few days later, about three or four days later, the news that Wu Huaixian wanted to divorce his wife came from the Wu Mansion, causing a stir in the whole Chang'an City.

If it were normal time, Miss Chen and Wu Huaixian would have been at odds for quite some time, and would not have reached the point of divorce. But it was obvious that this banquet had undoubtedly intensified the conflict between the two.

At this time, Bai Gui learned that the name of the Zhangtai was Su Lin.

This was not something he deliberately inquired about.

But..., this Zhangtai person named Su Lin blocked him once at the door of Bai's house.

"Now it is a new era after the Qing Dynasty. Everyone pays attention to monogamy and free love. Mr. Bai, you are a great writer and a progressive scholar..."

"Now Master Wu and I are truly in love. According to the laws of this dynasty, it should be reasonable to divorce Wu Chen, the shrew. Look, this is the mark that Wu Chen scratched me."

Su Lin broke into Bai's house, took off half of her sleeves, pointed at the scabby and bleeding scars on it, and cried, asking Bai Gui to give her justice.

A lot of onlookers also poured into the house.

"Hiss! This Wu Chen is really cruel. I heard that she spent a lot of money to find the madam of the brothel to buy this prostitute, and then beat her to death and drowned her in the pond."

"But this is the internal affairs of the Wu Mansion. What's the matter with running to Mr. Bai's residence?"

"You don't know this, Mr. Bai and Master Wu are close friends. They are both classmates studying abroad. Besides, Mr. Bai is a progressive scholar and a pioneer in breaking old ideas. If Mr. Bai publishes an article in the newspaper, with Mr. Bai's support, even if he divorces his wife, it won't be a big deal..."

"It will have the least impact on the Wu Mansion."

The pedestrians who were watching whispered to each other.

No one is stupid.

Su Lin's move of rushing into Bai's house and asking to see Bai Gui to preside over "justice" seems to be a stupid move.

After all, according to common sense, as friends, most of them will not help each other. Even if they help, they will help their wives, and will never help a concubine.

But who makes us live in an era of the most intense changes in ideas.

Old ideas have no place for Su Lin. But the new ideas would encourage Su Lin and Wu Huai to pursue the so-called love first, and then divorce their wives.

At this time, many progressive scholars divorced their wives after returning from studying abroad.

"Miss Su, I am not an official who presides over the judiciary, but just an idle person who occasionally writes a few articles."

"You asked me to be fair, but I have no way to be fair."

"If Miss Su wants to go to court to sue, this complaint... I may be able to help you write it, but my price is higher, one word one silver dollar, this is a fair price, less than that."

Bai Gui sat in the main seat in the living room, looking down at Su Lin kneeling in the hall, and said slowly.

He doesn't like to cause trouble.

"This..."

Su Lin was stunned.

This is different from the progressive scholars she saw in the newspaper. After returning from studying abroad, these progressive scholars basically have to make suggestions on all aspects of government affairs. When encountering the collision between new ideas and old ideas, even if some things are wrong in secular morality, they can be praised as right by the reason of new ideas.

Of course, these progressive scholars' actions may be suspected of meddling in other people's affairs. But those who seek the best will get the middle. This is Xun Ge'er's theory of opening a skylight. If you say you want to open a skylight, no one will agree, because the Chinese people are reconciled and compromising. But if you advocate tearing down the roof, they will come to reconcile and be willing to open a skylight.

It's just that..., the theory of opening a skylight has infinite benefits for national affairs. But for individuals, a speck of dust in the era is a mountain on their heads.

There is no such thing as a perfect good thing!

Just like now.

If a progressive scholar were to judge this matter, wouldn't they know that Su Lin was wrong? But free love and embracing freedom are major events that tear down the feudal roof. To deny it is to deny the general direction. Su Lin's "wrong" is actually correct, which is in line with the trend of the times at this time.

"Mr. Bai..."

"The slave family had a poor life. He sold his body to bury his father at the age of five. He entered a brothel at an early age and did hard work. He didn't have enough to eat or wear warm clothes every day. He finally met a good family and secretly agreed to it for the rest of his life. Little did he know that this was a dangerous thing. It became the reason for the death of the slave family..."

"The slave family's life is miserable!"

Su Lin fell to the ground, crying like pear blossoms and rain.

Many people felt a little soft-hearted when they saw this scene. They spoke up for Su Lin and wanted Bai Gui to help this miserable brothel girl.

"Before agreeing for life, did Miss Su know that Brother Huai had a wife?"

Bai Gui frowned slightly, thought for a while, and asked.

He originally planned to just say nothing and just let the matter go. After all, this was an internal matter of the Wu family and it was not easy for him to get involved. But now that these idle people are helping him and Su Lin deliberately created a miserable persona, if he continues to ignore it, he will It is inevitable that some things cannot be justified.

Once you turn around and leave, the good guys will make arrangements. There will be some damage to his reputation. If he were elsewhere, that would be fine with him, but now he was in his hometown, and it was necessary to maintain his reputation.

"The slave family doesn't know."

Su Lin sobbed.

In the brothel business, one gets to know three religions and nine schools of thought. Wu Mansion is a local gentry. How could she not know the eldest son of Wu Mansion, but she is just deliberately hiding it at this moment.

"What happens after you agree?"

Bai Gui asked again.

"The Nu family... The Nu family knew about Master Wu's identity about a month ago, yes, a month ago."

Su Lin affirmed.

"I just heard someone next to me say that Miss Chen wants to buy your deed of prostitution and beat you to death in Shen Tang. I don't know if this is true. She has been gone for seven years. If Miss Chen is jealous and has such a vicious heart, she really deserves it. Divorce your wife..."

Bai Gui pretended to be thoughtful and looked at Su Lin, seeming to encourage her to continue speaking.

"Mr. Bai is right. Wu Chen really wants to buy the slave family and sink the slave family into the pond... If Master Wu had not been kind-hearted and bought the sale deed earlier, now the slave family... the slave family might have sunk to the bottom of the river and become a That's a lonely ghost."

Su Lin was secretly happy and hurriedly followed Bai Gui's words.

She was not lying when she said this. There is no smoke without fire. When Wu Huaixian and Wu Chen were at odds, Wu Chen had indeed said such harsh words.

"When I was taking the imperial examination, Chen Xuezheng was my tutor, and we had a master-student relationship. It was he and Governor Fang Zhu Yi who counted my foreheads and ranked me at the top of the list, and I became Xiao Sanyuan. Wu Chen is the daughter of Chen Xuezheng... ..., I couldn’t just ignore it, so I wrote to Chen Xuezheng and asked him to take more care of him and impose strict family discipline..."

"By the way, I have already written a petition for you, accusing Wu Chen, Wu Huaixian's wife, of being jealous and intending to kill someone. Come over and sign, and I will submit it to the government right now."

"Don't worry, although you were born with a poor life and are as humble as an ant, I will help you..."

Bai Gui picked up the pen and wrote with smooth movements. While writing, he muttered a few words.

He dried the ink on the paper and prepared to hand it to Su Lin.

"The slave family..., the slave family..."

Su Lin turned pale with fright and did not dare to accept the letter.

At this time, the punishment for the crime of false accusation was basically to sit down. "Everyone who makes false accusations will sit down, that is, the official who corrects the accusation will use his own power to accuse the matter. The same goes for those who make false accusations."

In the early years of the Republic of China, the laws of the former Qing Dynasty were also used, but some places were deleted, deleted, and modified.

She had heard clearly just now that Chen Xuezheng, Wu Chen's biological father, was Bai Gui's original examiner for the imperial examination, and he had a teacher-teacher relationship. Although the relationship was not very strong, with this relationship, Bai Gui could not possibly seduce Miss Chen. To death.

Even if there is no such relationship, Miss Chen is just talking fast and saying harsh words, so killing someone out of jealousy is not established. On the contrary, if she is making a false accusation and it is true..., sitting back is a capital crime.

In order to fight for the position of the main wife, it is okay to risk your life, but if you only risk her life, it is not worth it just thinking about it.

The jealous wife paid for the murder. Even if the evidence was conclusive, the crime was not attempted, so it was not possible to say that she should be executed. Furthermore, with Miss Chen's family background to help, there will basically be no major punishment.

All she wanted was for Bai Gui to publish an article in the newspaper in support of Wu Huai's divorce.

As for face, brothel girls are more shameless than ordinary people when they are exposed to the public.

"Miss Su, I have already written the petition for you."

Bai Gui frowned and asked.

His actions seemed a bit unkind, inhumane, and insulting to those above him, but he was not an official, just a socialite.

To be fair, it's not his turn to deal with it.

If Qin Province is full of corrupt officials, then there is no need. There are still a few honest officials in the entire officialdom. There are not many but not few officials who are willing to stand up for Su Lin, as long as what she says is indeed true.

In addition, Su Lin broke into Bai Zhai and forced him to express his position in both words and deeds.

With Bai Gui's knowledge, he had already judged that this person was not a kind person.

Even if he took a step back and said that what Su Lin said was not lies, she was just a kind-hearted woman with a little scheming, then he had already written this letter of petition for Su Lin. She only needed to sign it and post it, and then she could go to court and file a lawsuit. .

As for the threats, he just told the truth about his relationship with Chen Xuezheng, which was better than letting Su Lin know about it afterwards.

"The slave family came in a hurry this time..."

"I never knew that Mr. Bai had such a relationship with Miss Chen's biological father, which made Mr. Bai laugh."

Su Lin covered her face with her sleeves and cried.

After saying that, she bowed to Bai Gui Yingying and left straight away.

After Su Lin left, the pedestrians who broke into the white house dispersed.

It didn't take long.

The Wu Mansion learned about this.

Wu Huaixian came to apologize with Miss Chen.

"Brother Meihe, I was confused and mistakenly believed in the brothel girl."

"Ashamed to say it!"

"Su Lin has always wanted me to divorce my wife. I once made a mistake while drunk and agreed. Of course, this matter does not count. How can I really marry my wife."

"She had a bad temper yesterday. I didn't pay much attention to it. I didn't expect that she would actually come to brother Meihe's mansion to cause trouble."

Wu Huaixian looked apologetic and apologized.

If he said he wanted to divorce Miss Chen, he really had this idea. It's just that he has many fears and has never dared to take action. After all, it is not easy to divorce a wife. Not to mention Zhou Ying's test, he also couldn't pass the test of secular public opinion and morality.

It was only because Su Lin kept being arrogant and Miss Chen refused to admit defeat that the rumors about this useless wife became more and more widespread.

"I would also like to thank Mr. Bai for speaking up."

Miss Chen expressed her gratitude to Bai Gui.

Although Bai Gui did not contribute much in this matter, Bai Gui's status is there, and one sentence may change the current situation.

If Bai Gui supports Su Lin as a progressive person, the outcome may be uncertain.

Now Bai Gui asked Su Lin to retreat before the difficulties, which was a great help to her.

"This is a trivial matter. Brother Huai and Miss Chen don't need to say thank you."

Bai Gui nodded and said.

Although this matter delayed him for some time, which made him feel a little unhappy. But now that this incident is over, the Wu family owes him a favor, and they will do their best to treat the Bai family in the future.

That being said, it's polite to be polite.

The Wu Mansion came to send a lot of apology gifts this time, including treasures, antiques and other items, at least a thousand silver dollars.

afterwards.

After Wu Huaixian experienced this battle, he restrained his temper.

And Miss Chen also turned a blind eye to Wu Huaixian. As long as it did not threaten her position as the head wife, it would be a good thing.

In addition, during this period, Bai Gui not only made friends with classmates such as Wu Huaixian and Liu Mingda, but also made friends with some local gentry in Qin Province, asking them to take care of the Bai family, so as to relieve him of worries about his death.

Similarly, he also asked Bai Youde and Aunt Wang to do more good deeds, accumulate more merit, and not to be evil gentry or powerful people.

No matter how much, he wouldn't be able to help much.

And during this period.

Baigui received a reply from Satomi Naoko again.

She was suffering from consumption.

He said that he wanted to see the scenery of the world, because the scenery of various countries written by Bai Gui in "The Rise of Great Powers" was very beautiful.

She wanted to see it for the rest of her life.

"What a pity..."

Bai Gui thought of the girl eating chestnuts on the train and sighed.